Native Dish:
Name:cod fish fritters
Recipe:1/2 lb. salted cod fish
1/2 lb. flour
2 medium onions
2 small tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
1/2 hot pepper- scotch bonnet
if possible
2 stalks escallion (green onions)
2 tsp. baking powder
oil for frying
One Celebration or Festival:
National heros day
(on the 3rd monday in October)
Literacy Rate:
USA: 97%
Country:87.9%
Social Customs: Rual familes eat
dinner togrther everyday after 4:00
p.m & urban familes only eat dinner together
on weekends because of work & school
schedules
Recreation:they go hiking, play cricket, football,feild
hockey.etc.
Government
Type: constitutional parlimentary democracy
Leader: queen Elizabeth.
Independence:
When:august 6th 1962
From Whom: united kingdom
Monetary Unit:jamaica dollar (jmd)
Exchange Rate:65.768
GDP:
USA: $39,676
Country: 4,700
Major Industries:
1.bauxite
2.alumina
Major Trading Partner:
Imports: us 39.3%
Exports: us 30.2%
Life Expectancy:
Men: 71.43 years
Women: 74.9 years
Geography
Climate: rainy season is during may til october. hurricans
are possible from june til november.
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Natural Resource:
1.bauxite
2.mgypsu
3.limestone
Physical Features:
1.a blue moutain peak (rises up to 7.402 feet high)
2.limestone (limestone formations in northwestern jamaica)
Environmental Issues:
heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted
by industrial waste, sewage, & oil spills; damage to coral reefs;
air pollution in kingston result from vehicle emissions.
1.english
2.english patois
1.proestant
2.seventh-day advent
Name:cod fish fritters
Recipe:1/2 lb. salted cod fish
1/2 lb. flour
2 medium onions
2 small tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
1/2 hot pepper- scotch bonnet
if possible
2 stalks escallion (green onions)
2 tsp. baking powder
oil for frying
National heros day
(on the 3rd monday in October)
USA: 97%
Country:87.9%
dinner togrther everyday after 4:00
p.m & urban familes only eat dinner together
on weekends because of work & school
schedules
hockey.etc.
When:august 6th 1962
From Whom: united kingdom
USA: $39,676
Country: 4,700
1.bauxite
2.alumina
Imports: us 39.3%
Exports: us 30.2%
Men: 71.43 years
Women: 74.9 years
are possible from june til november.
1.bauxite
2.mgypsu
3.limestone
1.a blue moutain peak (rises up to 7.402 feet high)
2.limestone (limestone formations in northwestern jamaica)
heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted
by industrial waste, sewage, & oil spills; damage to coral reefs;
air pollution in kingston result from vehicle emissions.